Five Ten Bistro

Great food. Hard to find though. We'll go back now that we've found it.

Such a disappointment especially being that it had 4 stars. Made a last minute reservation for my one yr anniversary. Didn't know where to go since we were in town visiting family and this place had the highest reviews for a bistro or a nice restaurant I should say. Food was nothing special. I seriously could've made this at home and would've tasted a lot better. The calamari was good but not as fresh as it could be. didn't matter to me since i love calamari period. I ordered the pasta marr which I will say was my mistake for not asking if it was a creamy pasta or soup like but I just couldn't believe how horrible it was. It was like a Phó soup gone terribly wrong! I then had it switched out for the 510 penne which was A LOT better. It was good but chicken was on the dry side.

My husband ordered the chicken Marsala and wasn't that great either. Also ordered the cucumber martini-that was ok. Not as refreshing as they claimed it was.

Our waitress was very nice and helpful and so was the gentleman I had asked to switch out my food. The only problem was that I did catch our waitress checking out my husband multiple times to the point he was a bit uncomfortable....not very professional. Besides that their customer service was great but I will not be coming back whenever we are in town again.

I received a "compliment" from one of the owners in response to my review. (Literally, they sent it as a compliment-- I think you can see it on my home page). Anyway, they basically accused me of being a competitor in the restaurant business (which I am not-- I have never worked in the restaurant industry, I just like to eat at them), and said:

"It's really unfortunate that you would write a ficticous review.   It really bad that  you as a fellow restauranteur would write ficticous reviews just to make your establishment better.   We make all of our sauces fresh and I would love for you to come prep all of our fresh food with our team.   We love our food and our team is very passionate about serving great food.   We here at the five ten bistro wish your establishment nothing but the best.  Cheers!" (Signed, Robert M. Merced, CA)

Glad to hear your sauces are fresh, but no mention of the fish and chips I discussed in my review. Is the fish as fresh as possible? Are the fries house-made? Is the Caesar salad made with house-made dressing or croutons, and hand-chopped lettuce? And no thank you, I will not come prep with you. I have a job that I do very well, and when I go out to eat, I leave the cooking to the professionals. But when I see bags of food being opened from my table, and I taste food that does not seem house-made or fresh, I'm going to call a spade a spade. I'll give you another try when I hear you're serving seasonal, locally-grown food, and you've hired a chef. And I'll pay chef prices.